Russel Viljoen

Khoikhoi, Microhistory, and Colonial Characters at the Cape of Good Hope

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The genre of microhistory has given Indigenous Khoikhoi individuals of modest status a voice and a place in South African historiography. This book examines the lived and everyday-life experiences of Khoikhoi characters in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century colonial South Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9781666900583
• ISBN-10: 1666900583
• Artikelnr.: 66781155

Autorenporträt

Russel Viljoen is professor of history at the University of South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: Microhistory and Reclaiming Histories of the Modest
Chapter 1. Love, Lust and Loathe: The Story of "Lost Love": Griet and
Hendrik Eksteen, c.1739-1759
Chapter 2. Master, Malcontent, and Murderer: Khoikhoi Andries and Johannes
Adriaan de Necker in Dutch-South Africa, c.1764-1766
Chapter 3. Jan Paerl c.1788-1851: Restitutionist, Religious Prophet, and
Respectable Convert
Chapter 4. "Soil Once His Own": The Colonial and Christian World of
Lebrecht Hans Ari: A Khoikhoi and Moravian Convert at the Cape, c.1774-1864
Chapter 5. "Sketching the Khoikhoi": George French Angas and His Depiction
of Genadendal Khoikhoi Characters at the Cape of Good Hope, c. 1847